2022 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial: Info and Pre-game Chat

[gsk8]

The 2022 Ondrej Nepela Memorial is the fourth in a series of 10 events of the 2022-23 Figure Skating Challenger Series and is scheduled to take place in Bratislava, Slovakia, September 30 - October 1, 2022, at the Ondrej Nepela Arena. The event will feature three figure skating disciplines (Men, Women, and Ice Dance).

If the requirements specified in the above-mentioned documents are fulfilled, the event will count towards ISU World Standing Points, Minimum Total Technical Score, Challenger Series in Figure Skating Ranking and Prize Money.

The Challenger Series is an International Figure Skating Series, introduced during the 2014-15 season. Through ISU support, the objective is to ensure the proper and consistent organization and conduct of up to 10 International Competitions linked together within the Challenger Series. The Series gives adequate opportunities for many skaters to compete at the international senior level and earn World Standing Points. The Series also increases the opportunity for Officials to officiate at an international level.
To be considered for the Challenger Series, the competition must have at least three disciplines (Men, Women, Pair Skating, Ice Dance) from a minimum of 10 different ISU Members in all disciplines combined.

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[surimi]

Entries are out! Some very promising names, out there:
- in women, Mae Berenice Meite, Haein Lee, Isabeau Levito
- in men, JunHwan Cha, Deniss Vasiljevs, Gabriele Frangipani and Nikolaj Majorov
- in ice dance, Fear/Gibson, Lajoie/Lagha, Orihara/Pirinen, Brown/Brown

In the meantime, I'm still searching for any polite or understanding words regarding Japanese Federation, who, unsurprisingly, stayed true to their word and sent noone. But I find none.

 

[elektra blue]

Crazy Larry! Lara and Julia

 

[GoneWithTheWind]

- in ice dance, Fear/Gibson

F/G are very busy this early season. They already did Britannia Cup and are now signed up for 3 Challengers: US Classic, Nebelhorn and Nepela!

 

[gsk8]

There will be a live stream for this event.

 

[yesterday]

 

[Sackie]

And again no CAN ladies. If we don't send them they won't have their Mins if needed and they won't have experience. With the way Maddie is skating this year we could have a new champ who then might be scrambling to get the Mins at the last minute. It happened with Maddie when she 1st came on the scene.

 

[4everchan]

And again no CAN ladies. If we don't send them they won't have their Mins if needed and they won't have experience. With the way Maddie is skating this year we could have a new champ who then might be scrambling to get the Mins at the last minute. It happened with Maddie when she 1st came on the scene.

who can they send? Gabby is recovering from injury. Allison isn't exactly ready and probably already has minimums. Some of the other women are doing JGP... which is running in parallel, so tough to be doing Senior challengers at the same time... The issue really is that there is not much depth. Maddie is great and hopefully will get things together after a rough outing this week... I guess Skate Canada is counting on her and Gabby ?

 

[Sackie]

True but there is Medland-Spence and Tobin who both did well at Nationals last year. Both beat Pereira at Nationals and she has several international assignments - including a SR event. And yes Tobin has had one already and did not do too well - but she will only get better if she is sent out more.

 

[Ivana]

I do wonder if the ISU will bother to update the entries list before the competition? By this point only Lajoie/Lagha are coming from Canada.

Two Canadian Skaters to Compete at Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2022 - Skate Canada

OTTAWA, ON (September 23, 2022) – The senior figure skating season is well underway after a successful stop in the United States that saw Team Canada finish just shy of the podium. Two Canadian athletes, Ice Dance team Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha, now travel to Bratislava, Slovakia for the...

skatecanada.ca

I'd be really surprised if Fear/Gibson show up as they were flying back to Canada after Nebelhorn.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

I just spotted my favourite Italian policeman Gabriele Frangipani as well as Russian-turned-Polish cactus Vladimir Samoilov on the entry lists. Should I dare to put them into my predictions? I think I'll go for it, after the Nebelhorn disaster it probably doesn't matter anyway.

 

[moonvine]

Who is Alena Budko?

 

[el henry]

Who is Alena Budko?

Didn't she medal at Glacier Falls? would need to Google, but probably third after Sonia and Hanna Harrell.

 

[Ivana]

Updated start list, Fear/Gibson, Turkkila/Versluis, Majorov are all out...

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[AlexRus]

In order of Personal Best.
* means unofficial best if no official.

ISU CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2022
Bratislava / SVK
28.09.2022 - 01.10.2022

Men
No. Name Nation Score
1 Junhwan CHA KOR 282.38
2 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 272.08
3 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA 238.95
4 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST 238.42
5 Graham NEWBERRY GBR 210.40
6 Landry LE MAY FRA 206.64
7 Vladimir SAMOILOV POL 190.35
8 Edward APPLEBY GBR 182.41
9 Hyungyeom KIM KOR 181.70
10 Larry LOUPOLOVER BUL 177.26
11 Adam HAGARA SVK 174.70
12 Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN 164.85
13 Hangil KIM KOR 159.85

Women
No. Name Nation Score
1 Haein LEE KOR 213.52
2 Isabeau LEVITO USA 208.31
3 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 179.59
4 Mae Berenice MEITE FRA 178.89
5 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE 175.41
6 Maia MAZZARA FRA 170.06
7 Alena BUDKO USA 163.95*
8 Regina SCHERMANN HUN 157.66
9 Stefanie PESENDORFER AUT 154.31
10 Nina POVEY GBR 149.14
11 Aleksandra GOLOVKINA LTU 142.20
12 Kristen SPOURS GBR 136.72
13 Antonina DUBININA SRB 134.58
14 Alexandra Michaela FILCOVA SVK 132.15
15 Michaela VRASTAKOVA CZE 120.74
16 Ema DOBOSZOVA SVK 115.43

Ice Dance
No. Name Nation Score
1 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA CAN 192.11
2 Eva PATE / Logan BYE USA 179.63
3 Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN FIN 176.77
4 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN USA 170.25
5 Carolina PORTESI PERONI / Michael CHRASTECKY ITA 157.74
6 Anastasia POLIBINA / Pavel GOLOVISHNIKOV POL 155.99
7 Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA 153.30
8 Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO HUN 150.83
9 Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS FRA 149.90
10 Maria Sofia PUCHEROVA / Nikita LYSAK SVK 125.42

 

[ladyjane]

The men will be interesting, not only because 1. and 2. are close, but also because both Deniss Vasiljevs and Junhwan Cha are wonderful to watch in a more artistic sense (think Junhwan's great Ina Bauer for example beautifully fitting in the choreography). Let's hope Gabriele keeps his nerve because he can score high also! Thanks for the list @AlexRus !

 

[el henry]

No Corey Circelli

 

[auser]

There will be a live stream for this event.

According to the Federation Event Page the event will be livestreamed on the SKrY Facebook profile as well as on the vimeo platform:

FRIDAY 30.9.2022
14:00 – Women Short Program
https://vimeo.com/event/2459427
16:30 – Ice Dance Rhythm Dance
https://vimeo.com/event/2459429
18:55 – Men Short Program
https://vimeo.com/event/2459430
SATURDAY 1.10.2022
11:00 – Women Free Skating
https://vimeo.com/event/2459433
14:15 – Ice Dance Free Dance
https://vimeo.com/event/2459434
16:45 – Men Free Skating
https://vimeo.com/event/2459443

 

[viennaskater]

Anyone from here going?

 

[4everchan]

True but there is Medland-Spence and Tobin who both did well at Nationals last year. Both beat Pereira at Nationals and she has several international assignments - including a SR event. And yes Tobin has had one already and did not do too well - but she will only get better if she is sent out more.

Perhaps they could improve but I personally wouldn't be in a rush to send either internationally. I don't see enough in their jumping consistency and arsenal ... I think for women, Skate Canada needs to unfortunately focus on juniors.